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6th, 2026. This meeting is being recorded. Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. We have 18 items on this evening's agenda and I will ask the city clerk to please read agenda item number one, >> minutes of the city council meeting March 23rd, 2026.
>> Mr. President >> Council Vital >> like to make a motion to uh accept and place on file. >> Motion's made in second to accept and place on file the minutes. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all those in favor oppose. The minutes
are filed and the vote is 10. Agenda item number two. Now it's the time for the public hearing on the petition of Comcast to install new underground conduit system on Anamog Street, American Way, and Fairmont Street to service Comcast facility that is under construction at 112 Anamog
Street, order number 26-1009704. In addition, we have a communication from city engineer Thomas Dersio with recommended conditions for the petition. Okay, this public hear will be taken up in four stages. First, with the public speaking in favor, second, questions from the public. Third, public speaking
in opposition. and four questions from the city councilors. I'll open the first part of the public hearing with a public speaking in favor starting with the applicant. Please state your name and address for the record. Uh good evening. My name is Mark Bodri. I'm a professional engineer here in Massachusetts. I am with uh Civil Works
New England. And uh with me this evening is uh Jim Paige of the uh Comcast uh network engineering and construction group as well as uh Ed Woods who's with Comcast uh critical infrastructure. And
um Jim can speak to any questions the council might have related to specific, you know, the fiber optic, you know, uh fiber conduit and whatnot. Where Ed could um is here to speak uh relative to the any questions the council might have
on the building project that's going on that will be connected. So called the head-end facility that will be connected to um this uh new uh uh fiber conduit. So I would like to just uh you know quickly go over with the council um just
the nature of the project and what it involves. So, first of all, this is a it's a little bit uh uh older version of the plan that we used for initial planning purposes, but it uh I thought it was good for showing the overall um scope of the
project. And the new uh you know the headend facility that's you may be aware is under construction on Anamog Street is right here which is uh across the street from the um from the water tower up on
top of the hill. And then the uh the what's involved is in well Comcast likes to do um uh redundant uh fiber line which is basically supporting their uh their broadband uh you know uh
infrastructure for uh internet access and things like that. um 911 service, you know, whatever. It serves a lot of purposes to the city and uh and area. And so what they would like to do is connect ideally to a couple different
locations that are to provide redundancy, but also um go underground where in the old days everything would be aerially on poles and whatnot, but now they're because they they'd like to have that this infrastructure better protected and installing it underground.
So what they do is uh construct um uh we call them duck banks that are basically you know PVC uh conduit 4inch diameter that are concrete encased and buried uh below the ground not very deep about maybe about 2 feet down to the top of
the duct work. So they can work uh well with other infrastructure u that that's that's in the uh in the in the streets and whatnot. So what we were asked to do in coordinating closely with the city engineers office was to where possible
to put the the duck bank locations uh just off the edge of pavement still in the rightway but uh not actually underneath the pavement. And one of the reasons that in in this case um there was a lot of new as you may be aware uh gas lines installed recently in the
streets up here. So, um, just to, uh, you know, ideally get them get them off the road a little bit, but still within the public way, not on private property. And so, firstly, coming out of the new, uh, head-end facility, the we're
proposing to run underground a four um, duct duct bank uh, two over two that would be concrete encased. And this graphic just shows it out in the street, but again, it's off the pavement, but it'll run down the uh east side of
Onamog Street to the intersection with American Way. And at that point, there will be a um a pre-cast concrete manhole underground, like a like electric manhole you might be familiar with. And then the conduit will make a turn and
we'll continue down American Way to the east about 230 ft to the intersection with Fairmont Street. And at that point there'll be another uh manhole structure and the again it's still uh 2x two for
four total, but then it's split it's going to come out of that manhole and split and run to two different poles. poll number 15 and then poll number 14-50 on which are represented by the blue dots on uh Fairmont and then it'll go by
risers with the two 4-in conduit and run up the pole to the to to connect to the aerial infrastructure on the poles currently. So that would be the one connection out to uh the Fairmont area. Uh another uh connection that's going to
be proposed would be to come out of the the new building uh underground and run across Anamog Street in the direction of the water tower about 40 ft across the road and then run down the roadside area
to roughly here where the existing overhead pole line is that you might be familiar with. And uh then it's going to the Comcast actually has an existing uh vault in that area that's going to be replaced with a
manhole. And then it'll turn and run towards the the first uh pole that's um next to the uh the water tank. So that'll be a way of getting some more redundancy. And then a actually in this case we're going to have a third
connection which will run out the back of the building to an existing pole right here that is um basically uh has an an existing uh Comcast fiber line overhead to that pole. So that used to actually feed the uh the building that
used to be on this property that was a little hard to see. It was about the size of a uh shipping container maybe with a um that was surrounded by a lot of overgrown brush and everything else. So it was a little hard to see, but this is going to be a much better looking building when all said and done. So the
um so as I said, all this new infrastructure other than the runs up the poles are going to be underground. And uh one thing that we did work uh closely with engineering on was um to integrate it with the uh gas lines that
were recently uh installed in the streets. So, we got those plans from Eversource and and uh got those added to the plan, made some adjustments, and uh I should point out that after talking with engineering, we ended up putting the uh the conduit run in American Way
just on the edge of pavement because on the off slope area on the south side of American Way is a pretty steep slope and a lot of mature trees and things like that that we didn't want to disturb. So, in that case, we'll be just in the um just in into the pavement, which was
acceptable to uh the city engineer. So, anyway, that's um we we in addition to the Oh, uh Steve, if you could go to the plan real quick. Yep. So, this is our site plan that we prepared. And again,
this shows all the conduit runs in much more detail with the manholes, the uh you know, the four uh 4-in pipes running down American Way, the connections to the poles, um the run as you can see just off the
pavement edge in uh down Anamog Street, and then the run over to the pole line over there. So, um that's the site plan we put together. And if you're really into engineering details, the next page just has all the details showing various
uh cross-sections of the duck banks and everything. So that was part of our uh the package that we submitted. And again, we work closely with engineering and um I believe they uh don't really have any comments per se since we essentially addressed everything they
were looking for and um uh we're I think one comment was to get a street opening permit which is you know absolutely that's um so I think that's it. So, if you have any questions for me, I'd happy be happy to answer or if anything more
specific to Comcast, you know, Jim or Ed can, uh, can address those. So, um, thank you very much for your attention to this. Thank you, Mark. Any other members of the public speak in favor? Any other members of the public speaking in favor?
Any members of the public speak in favor? Hearing none, I close that portion of the public hearing. Any questions from the public? Please state your name and address for the record, please. [clears throat] Uh, >> my name is Bob Broxton, B R Ox T. I
reside at 79 Automog Street. I do have a couple of questions. Um, I would expect that at some point there'd be some interruption of internet service while this is being done. >> I'm sorry, I didn't hear you. If >> will there be an interruption of service
at some point during this, and if so, for how long? >> That's a good Jim. thoughts on that? >> Jim Paige, network engineer at Comcast. Uh, no, there will not be uh eventually we will be uh bringing services into the
building that will serve this the city of Marorrow. Um uh but that work is done within our maintenance window from 1:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. Uh and that probably won't happen for another year before we're actually building >> working out there 1:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m.
>> No, no th those so the lines will all be pulled in during the day. The cut overs happen further down out into the system uh at at certain intercept points within the city. >> Okay. The other question, I'm not sure it's a question or a comment. It deals more with the current construction going
on with the new building. Uh trucks coming up there. Pretty big loads of um aggregate, sand, everything else. And the barriers that they formed into looks like a uh foundation. The road is taking a beating up there right now because of
that. uh a particular if someone's up there they could take a look at what's going on with the street the pavement in front of 97og when they did the uh road work and the work for Eversource last year we ended up with a patchwork from anog down to
the end of Fairmont Street. So you've got half a road that's nicely paved and the other half is it's been there for however long it is and the potholes have gotten worse with the trucks. I mean, they're big, heavy trucks and the road really isn't built to take those. So, if
there's any kind of remediation can be done to that, that would be great. Other than that, I I have no objection to the project. I just had questions. My my understanding uh to address I believe some of your concerns was that um we uh
that as part of this project we were not required to uh actually do the uh paving on street because I think the city actually is planning on repaving the road. So um that was my understanding. So we uh
>> so Michael I I'll interrupt you. So quad, we'll check with the engineering, but I believe because they put the gas lines in recently, there is a plan to fix the road or repave the road, but they wanted to make sure the underground work there's no sense doing it before the work's done. >> That's correct. >> Okay. Well, that's it. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Clark. Yeah. And a lot of the uh you know, heavy hauling that's been going to the site for the uh you know, the pre the pre-cast units for the retaining wall or whatnot, a lot of that work is substantially complete. So, that's going to be winding down soon. >> Yeah. He's not done yet.
>> Yeah. >> Thank you, Claude. Any other members of the public have questions? Any other members of the public have questions? Any questions from the public? Hearing none, I close that portion of the public hearing. Public speaking in opposition.
Any members of the public speak in opposition? Members of the public speaking in opposition. Hearing none, I close that portion of the public hearing. Questions from the city councilors. Councelor Ducet. >> Thank you very much, Mr. President. Uh
just a couple of questions as far as logistics and construction. Are you [clears throat] doing vertical drilling or you just going to do trenching down to to >> it? It it'll be trenching, open cut trenching. Yep. >> How how far down you're going? >> Uh the the duck banks are uh uh we we
have a detail, Steve, if you could put that up. Yeah, there we go. So to the top of the conduit is about 24 in and um and then you've got 4 in maybe 3 in and another you know four to six
underneath. So the bottom of the you know you might be looking at um you know maybe at at the most uh you know 3 and 1/2 ft down to the bottom of the of the of the >> concrete line. You're above the frost
line. >> Yes. >> Yeah. Okay. Um, and in the picture to the far right showing the four conduits, that's basically poured concrete surrounding them. >> Yes, it is. >> Okay. >> Yep. >> Okay. Thank you for that. Appreciate it. >> You're welcome. >> And so, but it's it's shallow enough
that it can span over a lot of the most other utilities and whatnot. So, and we'll coordinate closely with gas and whatnot that was installed. So, >> yep. >> Thank you. >> These are these are some of the details on the manholes, by the way. >> Okay. >> Thank you, council. Any other questions
from the city councils? Councelor Press Seattle. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you for being here. Um, I'm just curious about the timeline for this project. Um, and if it's going to be in stages throughout the down the street or are you going to try and do it all in one go? >> Yeah. Um, gentlemen, you want to talk to the
I think if you're interested more in the building construction schedule, Ed can speak to that. Jim can talk to the uh the the fiber work construction. Yeah. >> Right. So, yeah, we'll it will all be done at the same time. Um uh what what we're waiting for is uh if you can mind
shifting to the other plan. Um there's going to be some vaults installed on on the property >> and and we're going to come off of those with the duck bank. So once those are placed then we'll schedule the actual trenching which >> Okay. >> I I would take may maybe a week and a
half. >> Gotcha. And those new proposed utility poles um are they for future service or >> they're for for both power and for the fiber service. So >> um >> yeah, Eversource had required them and and we we're utilizing them as well.
>> Thank you. I guess one final question. What is the timeline on that on the construction of the building? >> Uh since you're up there >> timing the construction of the building. >> Yeah, right now it's under construction up here. >> You got to come up and state your name and that's okay.
and use the microphone. >> Ed Woods with Comcast. Um, right now the uh wall is under construction and we're looking to get the foundations in in the next month and the building is due to arrive uh between the end of May and June. And the building is coming in
sections. It's a pre-cast building. It'll come in, I believe they said like eight sections. >> I appreciate that. Thank you. the overall schedule for the site >> uh looking to be complete with the overall site probably around October >> in that area.
>> All right. Thank you so much. >> Thank you, Council Presiato. Any other questions from the counselors? Questions from the counselors? Any questions from the counselors? Hearing none, I close that portion of the public hearing and the entire public hearing. Councelor Fillo. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Um Mark Jim
Ed, thank you for the presentation and Mr. Broxson, thank you for those uh questions. We'll make sure to keep an eye on this one. Um, with that, it was mentioned that the city engineer has been in uh in touch with the petitioner about this project over the last few months. Uh, and with that move to approve with the conditions submitted by the city engineer.
>> Motion made and seconded to approve the petition with the conditions identified by the city engineer. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, those in favor? Opposed? Petition is approved. The vote is 10-0. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. Have a great night.
Agenda item number three. Now is the time for the public hearing on a petition of Mass Electric and Verizon to install one joint own pole on Simano Drive beginning at a point approximately 45 ft north of the center of the intersection of Four Street and Blue Bell Lane. National Grid is proposing to install a new pole on Simano Drive
labeled P3550 order number 26-1009702 and in addition communication from the city engineer uh indicating clarification is needed prior to making recommendations on this petition. >> Okay. The public hearing be taken up the same four stages. Public speaking in favor, questions from the public, public
speaking in opposition, then questions from the city council. So, I'll open the first part of the public hearing with the public speaking in favor. Starting with the applicant. Please state your name and address, please. >> Yeah, my name is John Rupia. I'm an engineer from National Grid [clears throat]
from the Hope Bureau. Um, I'm here to answer any question about the petition which you're requesting for for Mids [clears throat] Temple on Pleasant Street. >> Not not Pleasant. This is the Simano one. So, so I understand the Simano
project needs some more information. So, we're going to continue the public hearing, >> right? >> You okay? So, Council Pillo, >> thank you, Mr. President. Um, as it was indicated, right, we need some additional information on this one. So move to extend the public hearing to our April 27th meeting. >> So So motion made and second to continue
the public hearing till our April 27th meeting. Any discussion on the motion? All in favor? Opposed? The public hearing for the Simono petition will be extended to April 27th and the vote is 100. Agenda item number four. Now is the
time for the public hearing on the petition to Mass Electric and Verizon to install one joint own pole on Pleasant Street beginning at a point approximately 120 ft southeast of the center line of the intersection of Chesta Street and Lincoln Street. National Grid is proposing to install a new 50 ft class H1 midspan pole between
pole 11 and pole 12 on Pleasant Street. The pole is to be located on city property labeled P150, order number 26-1009703. And in addition, we have uh recommended conditions from the city engineer for this uh petition. >> Okay. This public hearing will be taken
up in the same uh four steps. First, public speaking in favor. Second, questions from the public. Third, public speaking in opposition and four questions from the city council. So, I'll open the first part of the public hearing with a public speaking in favor. Starting with the applicant. Please state your name and address, please.
>> Yeah, my name is John. again, John Rupia, um from 246 Mount Hops, um South Main Street in Hopedale. And um I'm here to answer any questions about the the petition we're proposing.
>> Do you have any details on the the >> Yes. Um that pole is the one we're going to install is going to be between P 11 and P 12 on Pleasant Street. And uh basically that pole will be called PO 11-50.
And um that pole will be carrying an equipment called recloser. It's a huge equipment. And that's the reason why we we're the pole is going to be pretty tall um around 5 ft and it's going to be very
to carry the equipment. >> It's heavy equipment on top of the pole. >> Yeah, it's closer. Okay. Any other members of the public speak in favor? Any other members of the public speaking in favor? Members of the public speaking in favor? Hearing none, I close that
portion of the public hearing. Questions from the public. Any questions from the public? Any questions from the public? Hearing none, I close that portion of the public hearing. Public speaking in opposition. Members of the public speaking in
opposition. Members of the public speaking in opposition. Hearing none, I close that portion of the public hearing. Questions from the city council. Questions from the city council. Councelor Fillo. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Just uh one quick question. Thank you, John, for
being here. Um right, so the two poles that are already existing, they're 80 feet apart. So So just can you explain one more time just what what is the what is the purpose of this additional pole considering that the two existing are already in such close proximity? >> Uh the span is a little longer.
>> Okay. and uh to a because of the New England weather, we're trying to avoid any slug on the It depends on the weather, especially winter time. That's why we put the Mid Temple so we can have a >> a little steady
>> Yep. >> uh cables. >> Thank you, John. So, just to tighten things up. Sounds good. Thank you, Mr. President. >> Right. Any other questions from the city councilors? Questions from the city councilors? Any questions from the city councilors? Hearing none, I close that portion of the public hearing and the
entire public hearing. Councelor Pillo. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Move to approve with the conditions submitted by the city engineer. >> Motion's made and seconded to approve the petition with the conditions submitted by the city engineer. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none,
all those in favor? Opposed. The petition is approved and the vote is 100. Thank you, John. >> Thank you. Agenda item number five. >> Now it's the time for the public hearing on the proposed zoning amendment. Chapter 650 zoning section 33 the
results way mixed use overlay district order number 26-100 9683. Okay. This public hearing will be taken up in the same four stages. First with the public speaking in favor. Second questions from the public. Third public speaking opposition. And finally questions from the city council. So I'll
open the first part of the public hearing with the public speaking in favor. Uh please starting with the applicant. Please state your name and address for the record. >> Uh good evening everyone. My name is Terry McKran. Thank you. Um I am with Greatland Reality Partners and we are
the owners owners of the campus at Marorrow. Uh I'm joined this evening by Kevin Sheen who's one of the co-founders of Greatland and Paul Miy who is our zoning attorney with Goulson and Stores. So to the extent I get really really hard questions, we're going in that back corner. Um and we're in front of you this evening to discuss a zoning
amendment we've put in front of the city council to raise the residential cap um of the existing resultsway mixeduse overlay district that currently governs the campus um from 100 units to 400 units. Um so I'm going to start with a
brief overview. >> Sorry you told me that and I forgot. Um I'm going to start with a brief overview on the campus. Um and then we'll talk a little bit about the history of the site. So it was originally de >> [clears throat] >> It was originally developed by the um first occupier. So a company called
3Com, they completed a master plan for this whole parcel um and built about half of it. So it was originally master planned for a little over a million square feet and what exists today is about 530,000 square feet uh of these four buildings. Um we'll talk a little bit about the the leasing, but just
generally speaking, this back building is occupied by a company called women's health company called Hologic. Uh the corporate headquarters for BJ's is in this building. It spills into the bottom of this building. The rest of this building is multi-tenented with a mix of uses. And then this center building is
an amenity building. Um and then as part of the BJ's transaction, we actually built this parking garage in the last few years. Um so kind of jumping to sort of sponsorship execution here. So Greatland bought the property at the very end of
2020. I want to say it was a little less than 50% lease with some long-term tenency, mostly Hologic. Um, shortly thereafter, we executed the roughly 200,000 square foot um, headquarters lease with BJ's um, bringing them from Westboro to Marboro.
A few years later um, in 2024, we did an extension with Hologic who had been a long-term occupier of the campus for an additional 10 years. Um and then coming into the tail end of 2025, we responded to an RFP put forth by um the state of
Massachusetts and DAM to build the new Massachusetts State Crime Lab. So in conjunction with Marorrow city officials and we're successful in that pursuit. Um and so just in the last couple weeks, we've broken ground on the Massachusetts State Crime Lab at the campus of Marorrow. Um and I'll show you on the
site plan exactly where that is located. Um, so all of that is a long way of saying that this is a very important asset to us since we bought it as an important part of our portfolio. Um, and it's an incredibly strong tenency. We're excited to add the state of Massachusetts to that list. Um, and we
will continue to kind of manage and operate the campus with the same level of high execution for all the future phases of development that we're going to talk about. Uh so kind of going back, this is a little more granular on the specific zoning for
the campus at Marboro. In 2021, um right after we bought the property, we went through a process to expand the uh results way mixeduse overlay district um to extend over the campus. And as part of that, that included a residential cap
of 100 units. Um and the sort of way this site is governed through the zoning process. The next step of that is to go through a development agreement and a master plan. Um, and ultimately that master plan had a mix of residential and biommanufacturing uses and given some
market factors, we actually withdrew the master plan and the development agreement. Um, so we did complete the zoning. So the zoning is in place today with a 100 unit cap, but we never executed the development agreement or the master plan. So, if you fast forward
five years, we've now won the the state crime lab, um, which sort of delivers that first 200,000 square feet of additional commercial to the campus. [laughter] Um, and we're now back looking at the master plan holistically and figuring out what the additional um, development rights on the site should be
given current market conditions. Um, and as part of that, we're looking to raise that cap from 100 to 400 units um, and along with some additional commercial on the site. So, um, this just really quick, I've touched on it a few times, but I want to make
sure everyone understands that the campus is a little unique in how it operates. And so, this is the first step in a three-step process. So, we'll be back in front of the city council two more times as part of this. So, this is just related to the zoning amendment. Then, we'll be back for a master plan
and a development agreement. Typically, hopefully, we'll do those together in parallel. And then we'll be back for our third phase, which will be the site plan for each individual building that'll get built. Um, which again is just a way of saying that there might be some specific or nuanced questions that are just I
can't answer at this phase, but we'll do my best. But, um, those might be things that get answered as we move through the development agreement. Uh, so starting with the master plan, again, this is the same angle of the campus that we looked at in that first slide. So you have the existing buildings, the existing parking garage
and a fair amount of surface parking. This is what exists on the campus today. Uh so moving to the first phase which is the Massachusetts State Crime Lab. I'm sure most people are familiar with the campus in one way or another. There is a significant amount of topography on the
site. So where this crime lab is located is sort of at the same elevation of Simano and the campus is kind of up the hill a little bit from the crime lab. So they are slightly separated. Um as part of the second phase, we're now introducing the residential to the
campus. And so we're looking at about 300 um of your sort of traditional mid-rise residential buildings on that back parking lot. Again, because there's a lot of topography on the site, this is where the site is the flattest um lending itself to the development.
The next phase we're showing um what I would call more like direct entry or town home product. Um this would be roughly a 100 units. Again, we're only looking to raise the cap. We're not necessarily splitting this between phases or product type at this point, but just to give you a sense of what our
draft master plan looks like today. Um, and then the final phase, if I can get there, would be an oops, uh, an additional 200,000 square ft of commercial. Um, once we get to this
final phase, we do have to build a parking garage. The previous residential is all surface parked. There's no additional parking structures required. Um, and again, this could be office or lab or a mix of both, but would require most likely some sort of a a tenant commitment to kick it off, similar to
how we pursue the crime lab. Um, and this next slide is just the full buildout of the master plan, kind of recognizing the full potential of the site. Uh so talking about specific site
advantages um the really the biggest thing here being the mix of uses. So the commercial with the residential those are complimentary uses. They kind of strengthen the campus. They have similar amenity packages that go with each. Um and there stronger tenant appeal. It
kind of brings the whole campus to life. You don't have a down hour where the the campus is mostly empty, the residential is full. The residential is mostly empty, the campus is full. And so from a parking and an infrastructure standpoint, those things work really well together. Um, and then from a
surrounding standpoint, um, if you think back to the master plan, there is a lot of green shown on that plan. The the campus really is its own little island. There's not a ton of single family residential around it. This will not be a visible project either from the main road or to its neighbors. But if you do
zoom out a little bit and look at what the closest residential use is, it's the Avalon development right across the street, which is a very similar product type in terms of the town homes and the mid-rise. Um, and so when you think about kind of just like what is the fabric of the neighborhood, these are not single families. This is already a
high d high density area situated next to commercial. This kind of works with what the neighborhood is. Um and then from an infrastructure standpoint, the original development was always planned to have a million square feet. So the utilities are there, you have the
highway proximity, all of that. Um jumping to traffic, this is typically a question. This with the inclusion of the residential, moving from an all commercial plan to a portion of that being residential is actually a net improvement from a traffic standpoint,
specifically on peak hours of travel. So, if you think of just normal travel patterns to and from your home, um you're not dumping a thousand plus employees onto or more than that onto the campus at one time and having them leave at the same time. This is a mix of
uses. Um actually improves the baseline by about 1500 trips daily. Um from an economic standpoint, um this full buildout of the master plan is projected to bring about 1.6 6 million net new taxes to the city of Marorrow at
full buildout. Um that actually does not include the crime lab. So the crime lab is in addition to that. Uh the crime lab is nuanced because it has a a tiff from the city of Marboro and so the taxes start low but they get really big. So they kind of are backloaded there. There's also the additional of 3.35 in
additional building permits at full buildout. So um those will be fees paid to the city. And then just from a cons uh an estimating standpoint, this assumption does assumes no increase to the residential or commercial tax rates as they stand today compared to fold a
buildout six years from now. So again, this is probably on the conservative side. Uh and that gives you a sense of the full buildout as kind of an axiom image. Um and with that, I'm happy to
take questions. I just want to reiterate that this is a um an asset we're very proud of and we are excited about the potential to continue to develop here um and do work in the city of Marboro. >> Thank you, Terry. Any other members of the public speak in favor? Any members of the public speak in
favor? Any members of the public speak in favor? Hearing none, I close that portion of the public hearing. Any questions from the public? Hi, Mike Caseselli, 190 Beach Street. Um, does the campus constitute the entirety
of the district? >> The uh um res uh results way district. >> Yes, >> it does. It's the entirety. >> Yep. >> Of the subdist. >> Of the subdist. >> Of the what? >> Uh Attorney M is correcting me here, so
I might let him answer this. It's of the subdist. >> So So Mike, there's two parts. There's the one there's the the results way mixeduse overlay district is in two parts. The one where Avalon and Quest is that's subdist one. Okay. >> And where the campus project is is subd
district two. So just want to make sure you're you're getting the answer that you're looking for. >> Yeah. And and two is the one we're talking about. And that the campus is the entirety of that two second district number two. >> Yep. >> Okay. And you said 1,500 uh trips a day,
new trips >> uh reduction from the full buildout. So the site is currently permitted for a full million square ft of commercial development. That was how the original permitting works. Um million plus we're now introducing residential, right? Um
and so with that introduction of residential, it's actually a net reduction on the full buildout of traffic to the site of 1500s a day. >> Okay. And so was your group responsible for getting the original 100 approved 100?
>> Uh the original 100 of residential. Yes. Yep. >> That was us. >> And so you're upgrading to you want to upgrade to 400. >> Correct. Yep. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thanks, Mike. Y >> any other members of the public with questions?
My name is Pete Sharon, 95 Lakeshore Drive in Malro. I just had a couple questions. One was um how how how many employees do you plan to have on that campus? >> How many employees? Uh I don't know what the existing count is, probably close to
a thousand, but the crime lab is projected to bring in another 300. Um, and then the residential will have support staff of some sort. And then the final phase of commercial could be an additional 500, 300, somewhere in that range.
>> The the town houses that you mentioned, are those rentals or are those owned? >> Uh, we haven't designated yet, so they could be either at this point. Um, my expectation is they're most likely rentals. Um, but that will be sort of governed at the time we go to develop them. um what the market and sort of the
the what Marorrow is looking what needs from a supply standpoint what would get absorbed. >> So what's driving the change from 100 to 400? >> Um it's a great question. So the original master plan we had in front of the city included a significant amount
of biommanufacturing space um and then the residential is a supporting use to that. I will just say candidly the biio manufacturing has not tended to stay in the state of Massachusetts. it's elected to go to other places. That's not a great use for the campus anymore. Um and
so now we're sort of updating that to see what um what is the best mix of uses. So now that we've introduced the commercial with the crime lab, we have a final phase of commercial. Eventually that will it is uh the residential is a good addition to that kind of mix of
uses creating that ecosystem. at this stage are you planning I don't know if you'll have this answer but are you planning more you know on the residential onebedroom twobedroom threebedrooms >> uh it'll be a mix um it'll be a mix >> because the concern would be obviously a
lot more children a lot more kids in the in the public school system >> so as part of the zoning amendment we did include a draft fiscal impact study um and the gentleman who did the fiscal impact study did do a projection of what he thinks how many school age children this could introduce at full buildout.
Um, and I think in that he said 23 was the number he had. >> 23. >> Based on um that is based on actual data from other developments that have happened in Marboro and what they have introduced into the school system. >> Thank you. >> Yep. >> Thanks, Peter.
Any other members of the public with questions? Any members of the public with questions? Any members of the public with questions? Hearing none, I close that portion of public hearing. Public speaking in opposition.
Public speaking in opposition. Any members of the public speaking in opposition hearing? None. I close that portion of the public hearing. Questions from the city councilors? Councelor Naven. Thank you very much, Mr. President.
Terry, thank you for the presentation. Um that $1.6 million in tax revenue is obviously a good looking number for those of us sitting around here. Um, that's a full buildout that includes that extra 200,000 of commercial. Do you have it broken out? >> It is in the fiscal impact study. Yes.
Okay. Yeah. I don't have that. Okay. We'll take a look at that. >> But it is in the zoning amendment. >> Attorney Money is going to grab it for us. >> Okay. >> You got to come. >> So, for the for the housing, the number for um for tax revenue for the housing and if you have it broken down by the
town home by the different phases, the town homes and the 300. >> It's definitely in there. >> [snorts] >> Oh yeah. >> Okay. That's the breakdown. >> Yeah. Uh so we are about 1.3 on the
apartment taxes. That's actually not divided out between the 300 and the 100, but 1.3 for the residential. Um and then about 675,000 on the second phase of commercial.
>> So that's net. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. So we've backed out city any uh obligation of the city on with this new development. So things like police, fire, all of those good things, we've backed that out. So the 1.6 is a true net benefit. The total tax gross would
be about 2 million. >> Thank you. >> Yep. >> Thank you, Council Naven. Questions for the city councilors. Council Arm. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Hello, Terry. Um, one of our guest actually asked some
of the questions I had on the bedroom count. I'd be more interested now in seeing down the road what your projection is for the town houses. Are they two bedrooms? Are they onebedrooms or three bedrooms or whatever? >> Okay. >> Uh very very concerned that we're trying
to keep commercial industrial over on that side of 495 and that was the original intent of this campus. Uh the reason for it obviously is we all know as city councilors it brings in better tax revenue because we don't have to predict or project students and
resources not just for the schools but as you said you backed out the police the fire I don't know if you backed out the schools and there's no guarantee unless they're over 55 units then there might be a better guarantee but there's no guarantee if those 23 students you
mentioned may be the number you know things change there's obviously ly the campus has changed. I appreciate your explanation on why you decided to choose to go more residential than commercial. I personally prefer it to be commercial
industrial. I understand traffic may be offset, but um that was the original intent of that side of Marro to draw in commercial industrial because they're near the highway. Um, you know, I'm going to have to take a close look at this as I do with housing because we're
we're really getting hit in the city, not just with your project, but others as well. And I'm very concerned about the additional needs for our re our police fire DPW. I'll mention them as well in schools. So, thank you. But, um,
as you continue to present, I'd really like to see a projection of bedroom count in each unit you're proposing. Absolutely. Thank you. >> If I could. So, just this is a zoning change. Those details will come out and if should the zoning change be approved,
they'll come out in the special permit section. So, >> if they have an idea now, that would be nice. But if they don't, I I I understand. I see it right in front of me as a zoning proposal, but I'm look I'm projecting to the future on this request for the zoning. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Terry. >> Any other questions for the city
councilors? Councelor Ducet. >> Thank you very much, Mr. President. Uh, can you get back to the last picture of the buildout, final buildout? >> Mhm. >> Um, so the town houses are on the bottom, right? >> Yep. >> And the apartments, those apartments,
>> correct? Yep. >> How many apartment units? >> 300 and this is 100 estimated. >> Okay. So, 100 um town houses and then 300 apartments. >> Yep. Exactly. >> Okay. Okay. I just wanted that clarified. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Council Ducette. Any other questions for the city councilors? Councelor Roby. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Uh, I'm just going to take a couple of minutes because I think I need to make a point that was raised by um Karen. I did a
little history. So back in June of 2021 was when the city council with the favorable recommendation from the planning board approved the zoning amendment to include the property west of Simano into the results way mixeduse overlay district with two separate
subdists now A and B or one and two I think they're called A and B in the actual zoning which if somebody wants to look it up in the code is 65033. Um I actually voted against this zoning when it was proposed. Uh myself and then
councelor Pearlman were the two opposed to the zoning. My sense was that I was objecting to throwing this part of the city into an existing overlay and felt like they needed to
create their own. However, it passed and we moved forward. Um, part of the language as was discussed was a master concept plan and a development agreement which actually did come to the council on September 27th, 2021.
The master concept plan showed those 100 units of housing where the crime lab is now. And on the December 6th council agenda, it appeared as unfinished business. The council had been having discussions with
the regarding the number of multif family housing it had approved and we did have a housing moratorium at that time. There was concern from mayor vigilant regarding the development agreement and housing versus it being in a special
permit. Uh the solicitor made changes and unfortunately those changes and the solicitor's recommendation were not on the agenda. A request to suspend the rules didn't carry. So it was on the December 20th, 2021 agenda where it was
referred back to urban affairs and then sat with nothing happening. So we did try to go through the process but we kind of dropped the ball because of arguments about have we built too much with the moratorum in place. Um, I will
make a point because I think there may be some misunderstanding from a comment made by the president. In the zoning under eligible uses by right are 300 dwelling units in subdist 1 and
currently 100 in subdist two. That's by right. So I will go back to the uh slide that showed three steps. Zoning amendment, master plan, and site plan. There will be no special permits for
these buildings because we put it in the code. If you have a problem with that, then don't increase it or look to change the zoning to actually say they only get 100. um because there is in the code by
special permit in subdist one to go more than 350 units. So that's the current code. Um we will certainly take this up. The planning board has their public hearing I think at the their next meeting on the
27th. So once they have their public hearing and get their recommendation to us, we can take this up in uh urban affairs. Thank you. >> Thank you, councelor Roby. Any other questions or comments from the counselors? Questions or comments from the counselors?
Question or comments from the counselors? Hearing none, I close that portion of the public hearing and the entire public hearing. As council will be stated, this is in urban affairs. Terry, thank you very much. >> You're ready.
Agenda item number six, communication from the mayor regarding grant acceptance the amount of $20,87641 from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts executive office of public safety and security and the department of fire services awarded to the fire department to be used to purchase fire safety gear
and equipment. Councelor Irish. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Motion to approve the grant, please. >> Motion's made and seconded to approve the grant. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all those in favor? Opposed? The grant is approved and the vote is 100. Agenda item number seven, >> communication from the mayor regarding
grant exceptions to the amount of $200,000 as part of the state budget earmark funding awarded to the city of Malbor to be used for the rehabilitation of the women's veterans park and continued operation of the local commuter shuttle. >> Councelor Irish. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Motion to approve the grant, please. >> Motion's made and seconded to approve
the grant. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all those in favor? Opposed? The grant is approved and the vote is 100. Agenda item number eight, communication from the mayor regarding transfer request in the amount of $87,520 $24, excuse me, from economic
development to MEEDC funding for the fiscal year 2027 operating budget of MEDC and a transfer request in the amount of $150,000 from econ economic development to MEEDC funding for the economic development toolbox. Councilor Irish. >> Same motion to refer to the finance
committee, please. >> Motion made and seconded to refer to the finance committee. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all those in favor? Opposed, it's going to finance and the vote is 100. Agenda item number nine. >> Communication from the mayor regarding regarding proposed job description
pursuant to chapter 125 personnel section 5 preparation classification descriptions relative to the position of assistant fire chief council or >> Thank you, Mr. President. Motion to refer to the personnel committee. >> Motion's made and second refer to the personnel committee. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all those in
favor? opposed. It's going to personnel and the vote is 100. Agenda item number 10, >> communication from the mayor regarding the notification of temporary appointment pursuant to Mass General law, chapter 41, section 61A of Brian Dahan as an interim city collector effective March 24th, 2026 for a 60-day
term to expire May 23rd, 2026. >> Council Oram, >> sorry, two things on the computer and >> on the oops, sorry. >> Accept and place on file. >> Yeah. No, I >> the temporary appointment. Yes, accept and place on file. Thank you, Mr.
President. >> You're welcome. Motion's made in second. Accept and place on file. The communication from the mayor. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all those in favor? Opposed? Motion carries. It's filed and the vote is 100. Agenda item number 11. >> Communication from Asphet Valley Regional Vocational School District
regarding the fiscal year 2027 approved budget for the school district. >> Councelor Irish. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Motion to accept and place on file the communication. Please. Motion's made and seconded to file the communication. I will point out of information for those
that have read it. That is a $1.5 million increase to the Aspen Valley budget. 17.5% that we have no say in. >> Correct. M. Correct. Mr. President, on the motion to accept and place on
thought. Councelor Vital. >> Thank you, Mr. President. One additional thing that I I did read it and they have an a significant increase in the number of students that are being referred from Marorrow down to aset. Um so to kind of
to address the issue that uh councelor Orin was talking earlier the increases are actually at least at the high school level are going down in in the public school system and going to ask it. That's all. >> We won't debate it here, but the the the
additional of 50 some odd people, students, does not equate to an increase of $1.5 million. Read the details on that report. It's a little If we got a report like this from our school, we would be our hair would be those of us that have it, their hair
would be on fire. Just saying. On the motion to accept and place on file. Any further discussion? All those in favor? Opposed? It's filed and the vote is 100. Agenda item number 12. >> Petition from Light Path Fiber Infrastructure LLC to install approximately 665 ft of 1 to4 in SCHP
PVC communications conduit from existing pole 63 on Forest Street to pole 59 with one 24x30 in handhole near the entrance to 753 Forest Street. In addition to place 490 feet of 1 to 4 inch SCH PVC communications conduit from pole 58 on
Forest Street to pole 55 with 125 24 by 30inch handhole near the entrance to 669 Forest Street. Council Fillo. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Move to set a date for public hearing on April 27th. >> Motion made in second to set and send it to the city engineer >> and to refer to the city engineer.
>> Motion made second to set the public hearing for April 27th and refer to the city engineer. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all those in favor? Opposed? Motion carries. It's going to the city engineer with a public hearing of April 27th and the vote is 100.
Agenda item 13. Request from the communication from city solicitor Jason Gfield regarding proposed license to encroach for Wellies Restaurant Inc. 153 Main Street proper legal form. A request for suspension of the rules to accept the communication. >> Council Naven.
>> Thank you, Mr. President. Um move to accept and place on file the communication and to refer this to uh reports of committee. Motion's made in a second to accept and place on file the communication and refer to reports of committee. Any discussion on the motion?
Seeing none, all those in favor? Opposed? The item carries. It's being filed and moved down to reports of committee. Vote is 100. Agenda item 13 14 >> minutes of boards, commissions, and committees. >> Mr. President, >> councelor do.
>> Thank you much, Mr. President. Motion to accept and place on file the minutes. >> Motion made second accept and place on file the minutes. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all those in favor? Opposed. The minutes are filed and the vote is 10. Agenda item 15. >> Claims. Councelor Ducet.
>> Thank you very much, Mr. President. Motion to send the claims to the legal department. >> Motion made second to send the claims to the legal department. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all those in favor opposed. Claims are going to legal and the vote is 100. Reports of
committees. Who would like to go first? >> Councelor Naven. >> Thank you, Mr. President. The city council legislative and legal affairs committee met on April 2nd, 2026. We convened at 6:31 with one item on the agenda. That would be order number
26-1009706. Communication from Wemerson Vieira on behalf of Wellies Restaurant, Inc. regarding the request to extend the use of outdoor seating. Appearing on behalf of Wellies Restaurant was Wemerson Vieier, who explained the outdoor seating was a huge part of the restaurant success. The chair read a
letter into the record from the council president who was unable to attend the meeting. His letter provided some history of outdoor dining on Main Street and encouraged the legislative and legal affairs committee to support this request. The chair noted they received many letters of support from local businesses downtown and the Malbor regional chamber of commerce. Councilor
discussed with the applicants the safety of the seating from traffic and with the presidents of the Ballards and planters. They also keep a walkway clearance of at least 5 ft for pedestrian and wheelchair access. On discussion of the motion, councelor Orm requested that an amendment to councelor Roy's motion that the sidewalk area be kept to a minimum
kept open a minimum of 5 foot width. Councelor Roby stated that there was already language in the city code. Council Orm requested an amendment for the flower boxes being placed for safety reasons. Council Roby was open to the amendment if the city solicitor felt them necessary when it was placed in
proper legal form from the chair. Um and then the chair cautioned about including any requirements that would conflict with ADA requirements. On a motion by councelor Roby, seconded by the chair, the committee recommend the approval of the request by Wellies Restaurant, Inc. to extend the use of outdoor seating.
Um we will be asking for a suspension this evening um to take this up. >> Been a request for a suspension of the rules. All those in favor of the suspension opposed? Suspension carries 100. Councelor Naban. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Move the recommendation of committee to approve the use of outdoor seating.
>> Motion's made and seconded to approve the recommendation of the committee as outlined with the solicitor's license to encroach. Any discussion on the motion? Councelor Naben. >> Thank you, Mr. President. I did just want to note um something that we discussed in committee u mentioned by myself um and some of the other members
um this is something that we're very excited about. Obviously um councils in the past took up the work of creating this use um for businesses on Main Street to have access to some of the public sidewalk to um kind of entice people to get out and walk downtown. Um
I think Wellies is probably the most um apparent use. um the business that has probably taken the most advantage of this opportunity. Um it was noted in committee and I think it's noted by people when they talk to us um when we're out on the street that this is a use that all businesses that are on Main
Street have access to and we would encourage them to do so. This is this is what we talk about when we talk about wanting to get people out. We want to get people downtown. We want to revitalize um our business opportunities um for small local businesses and for people to have places to go when the weather warms up. So, um, this is, uh,
an opportunity for one particular business, but just want to make sure that people know that we encourage all businesses to take advantage. Thank you, Mr. President. >> Thank you, Council Naven. On the motion to approve the license to encroach, any further discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor? Opposed? The license is
approved and the vote is 100. Councilor Robi. >> Thank you, Mr. President. The city council urban affairs and housing committee met on April 2nd. We had a new member with us uh at that meeting who was introduced. Councelor Fillo is
filling in while councelor Sergeant is absent from our meetings. So I appreciate his willingness to serve. Um the committee members were introduced. We took up order number 251009664 first the application for a special
permit from attorney Faulk on behalf of Marble Northboro Land Trust to build and operate two multif family dwellings with a total of 90 residential units accessory parking resident amenities landscape areas and open space areas to be located at the corner of Ames and
Forest Streets. Attorney Faulk was present as was Mr. Weiss from Goodyears. Attorney Faulk went through some of the information about the petition and the chair began reading the comments from the department heads. She also read emails from councelor Oing and Gould
speaking in favor of the special permit but absent from the meeting. Attorney Faulk had sent an updated draft with the special permit taking in some of the comments from the department heads and the chair began review of the draft document. In the discussion of the
conditions under C8 green design, there was consensus to strike the words used beth use best efforts to in the second sentence. Councelor Deette moved to further amend the sentence that started with the applicant shall provide
striking contingent upon the utility company being able to commit to set service during the project's ordinary construction timeline where it would read the applicant shall provide all electric utilities. The motion was seconded but
failed on a vote of 2 to three. So the language remains as is. under C9 mitigation funding. Attorney Faul had added in language for mitigation and used it to cover costs associated with the request from the city engineer Depersio to have the petitioner quote
construct a new sidewalk to fill an existing gap on the east side of Ames Street north of the site in the vicinity of 85 Ames end quote. Councelor Austin had suggested $100,000 in mitigation funds for the new richer elementary school. After discussion on
mitigation for sidewalk, school and fire station, councelor Fchilla moved to amend C9 to provide payment in the total amount of $50,000 with two installments of $25,000 paid prior to the issuance of the building
permit for each of the two buildings. Add a new section for richer school elementary funding with a total payment of 90,000 with $45,000 paid prior to the issuance of the building permit for each of the two buildings
and keep the fire station funding of $90,000 payable as stated. The motion was seconded and carried five to nothing. Under C13 open space, attorney Faulk had hi added in this section, taking comments from Priscilla Ryder. He
explained that the yellow highlight was new language and the strikethroughs were deleting language from Miss Ryder that they felt didn't fit in with what the neighbors wanted regarding the trails, but still kept the management plan for the open space in the detention basin.
Committee members made no changes. Council Det move to recommend approval of the grant of special permit to Northboro Marbor Northboro Realy Land Trust. It was seconded and carried 3 to2. I would
like to ask for a suspension, but before I do that, I do have a couple of points I would like to make um specifically regarding the uh C8 green design. During discussion, it was pointed out that the
language in there was new to us. Um, I went back and looked as we were sort of um suggested that we do and found that on December [clears throat] 1st, 2025 when we approved the Lazot Drive special
permit, it has number eight green design. The applicant shall utilize best practices to design energy efficient buildings and is encouraged to design buildings and accessory structures to accommodate accessory solar energy facilities and other technologies as
feasible. The applicant shall use best efforts to provide all electric utilities contingent upon the utility company being able to commit to such service during the project's ordinary construction timeline. Um, in 2023
we approved 272 Lincoln Street where there's nothing about green design. And also in 23 we approved 358 364 Lincoln where there is no green design. However, when we approved Alta Lincoln
[snorts] Street, they do have a green design where they shall have all electric utilities including heat, air conditioning and hot water. and the applicant show's best efforts to provide all electric utilities in the retail, commercial, and amenities portions. I
[snorts] also did talk to the building department because I was curious um and we can in fact approve a special permit for multif family housing that does include or that does allow them to have gas for their heating and air
conditioning. Um the stretch code which Marble has not the specialized code which Marble has not adopted actually does have language in it that allows you to use gas but you must also wire for electric. So there are options for
people to still use gas. We are certainly trying to make sure that people do use all electric and so the language that's in there has been used in the past. It will probably continue to be used in the future pushing all electric but it will uh as
is stated kind of depend on the ability to hook into the grid especially for the larger projects. So, I just wanted to make those points uh before and then I would move to uh suspend the rules to allow this to go to the solicitor. >> Motion made and seconded to suspend the
rules, send to the solicitor. All those in favor of suspending and sending the solicitor. Motion carries. The vote is 10-0. Councelor Roby. >> So, um move to refer this to the solicitor. >> Motion made second to refer to the solicitor. Any discussion on the motion?
Seeing none, all those in favor? Opposed? Motion carries. It's going to solicitor and the vote is 10-0 council. >> Thank you. >> All right. So, continuing on, we also took up order number 26,100 19700, communication from code enforcement
officer Ethan Lipett regarding a request for approval of a canopy flat wall sign 57 Main Street within the downtown business district and order number I'll take them up one at a time. Um, I think that's probably easier. The chair read through the
communication from s code enforcement officer Ethan Lipett for order number 261009700 showing compliance with 526 signs but not compliant with the language in the downtown business district which prohibits internally illuminated signs.
The chair also read a communication from city solicitor Gfield confirming that interior illuminated signs are not allowed on the facade exterior in downtown business district but that the applicant could ask for a variance from the planning board if they really wanted
the sign interior illuminated. Councelor Naven move to recommend approval of order number 2600 19700 a canopy flat wall sign as submitted but with no interior illumination. It was seconded and the motion carried three to nothing with
councelor Ducet abstaining. I will note that it was confirmed again by the solicitor that it is the planning board who gives variances for this particular canopy flat wall sign. Um,
and my hope is that the applicant will be happy with having it be not interior illuminated, but they can do whatever they want if we approve this. So, I'm going to move to suspend the rules to approve the sign tonight.
>> [snorts] >> Motion made second for suspension of the rules. All those in favor of the suspension opposed. Suspension carries and the vote is 10. Councelor Roby. >> And then the second sign that we took up was order number 26100 9701, a
communication from code enforcement officer Ethan Lipid regarding a request for approval of a blade sign at 57 Main Street within the Malro Village District. I forgot to read that councelor Persiato had recused himself from the two sign order. So I guess he
needs to recuse I don't know if he did recuse himself but um you did say 100. So it should probably be 90. >> We'll change it to 90. [laughter] >> Sorry I I forgot to read the important part there. And you didn't >> you got the suspension but we didn't do
a approval afterwards. >> Yes. There were two separate votes. Move to suspend. move to approve the sign. >> So So you asked for the suspension, but you didn't ask you I'm going to wait till you finish, but you you asked for the suspension on the which was the flat
was the flat wall sign. So now, >> but I haven't yet because I'm not finished on the blade sign because then I got some sidetracked with saying I forgot to have councelor Presiato recuse himself and he forgot to recuse himself. >> But but on the flat wall sign, you asked
for the suspension to approve it. But you haven't asked for the motion to app. The suspension was approved, but you didn't. >> But I thought I did. I did. I did, too. All right. Then I will stand corrected and move to approve as recommended for a
flat wall sign that meets the var that meets the code with no interior illumination. >> Motion made second to approve the flat wall sign that meets the code with no interior illumination. Everybody's good. Any discussion on the motion? Council
Det. >> Thank you very much, Mr. President. Um, so this specifically is for the canopy flat wall sign, right? >> Correct. >> Okay. Um, thank you, Councelor Roby, for doing the research as far as uh pointing out what was going on. My concern is
basically who is having control of, you know, the signs that go in Malbor. Is it the council or is it someone else? Because we're supposedly in charge of everything. Um, but in any case, I will be supporting this. Um, I I hope they find another creative avenue to get this
thing done because I actually thought it was a very elegant sign. Um, and I think, you know, again, um, the technology is moving at a pace faster than law when it comes to this type of stuff. So, anyway, thank you for that. >> Council just said, if you want to take on the side ordinance, you would be the
hero in this city. >> Any further discussion on the motion to council? I will point out uh we did point out the sign across the street at Wellies that is not internally illuminated as well as the one on the VIN bin as samples that they could look at to model after [snorts]
>> on the motion to approve the flat wall sign not internally illuminated as set up in the submitt. Any discussion? Everybody good? All those in favor opposed. It's approved 90 with one uh
abstension. Council Roby. >> All right. So, as I said, we are continuing with order number 2619701 for the approval of a blade sign also at 57 Main Street. So, the chair read through the communication from code enforcement officer Ethan Lipett for the
blade sign showing non-compliance with [panting] uh section 526 signs as it exceeds the square footage allowed extends above the window sill of the second story which is not allowed and is made of aluminum where sign shall be wood or have visual
impression of being made of wood. The chair also read communication from city solicitor Gfield. Councelor Naven moved to recommend approval of order number 261009701, a blade sign at 57 Main Street, provided
that it complies with the sizing, placement, and material as outlined in the language of the Marbor Village District. It was seconded and carried 4 to zero. Again, I'll ask for a suspension to add this to the agenda. >> Motions made in sec motions made and
second to suspend the rules. All those in favor of the suspension opposed? Suspension carries 90 with one of one not here. Council Roby. >> Thank you. I will move to um move the recommendation of committee which is to approve. But I will also apologize
because as we got into this and got in further and further into this to the discussion, um I realized after when councelor Ducet was checking with the solicitor on what the council can actually do in reading
back through the communication from the solicitor, he states blade signs special permit by city council to authorize exceeding dimensional limits materials and sign permit approved by the city council. So in fact
for the blade sign only we could have approved a special permit exceeding the dimensions. There was discussion at the meeting that it is suggested that we do not follow the rules often and allow
exceptions that we put into the rules where we can and that it's nice to have somebody do what is in the rules. So that's why the motion was made to approve so long as it met. And I am personally
not in favor of would not have been in favor of a special permit, but I wanted to make everybody aware because if we have a signed permit coming for some other building downtown, I want to make sure that I do it correctly the next
time and I apologize for my error in misreading this. Um but at this point I would move the recommendation of committee which is to approve the blade sign provided it complies with the language of Marble Village District. >> Motion remains seconded to approve the
blade sign provided it follows the rules. Council Haven. >> Thank you very much Mr. President. Um, first of all, kudos to the chair for the amount of homework she did between the meeting on Thursday night um and our meeting here tonight. Um, and for making
sure she had all her eyes dotted and tees crossed. I am in agreement um, in regards to the blade sign. Um, I've said it at some of our committee meetings and I've said it at some of the council meetings when we start to get into the signs and I echo the president's sentiments. Um, councelor just said if
you would like to get into the sign ordinance um, you are more than welcome to. What a what a convoluted plan and uh ordinance it is. One of the reasons I feel so strongly about making sure that we try to follow this as much as possible is that it is about fairness
and it is about equity to the business owners that have to go through this. And I don't want to get into a big thing tonight because we are at the end of the agenda. But it's it's important when new businesses come in that we do our best if it makes sense to hold them to the same standards that we are holding other
businesses to. Because when one business had to order its sign and pay for its sign to have it in the way and the dimensions and then the placement that it has been required and someone else comes in and gets to do something different, then they're left to say, "Well, geez, what did I do?" And we could say, "Oh, well, you can go get a variance or you can go get this or you
can go get that." And they say, "Well, great. Well, I already spent $10,000 on my sign and I don't really have that expense." So, um, from a fairness and equity standpoint, um, I do I do, um, try to keep that consistent. Obviously, there are extenduating circumstances and we have acted in the past. Um, I do also
want to note that, um, if this were to go back, um, to committee, this would cause a further delay for the business. And, um, as we had in conversations with them, they are really just looking more so than to argue over what the signs are made of and what they look like. They want to get the signs on the building.
um 57 Main Street is quickly coming um to a place of substantial completion and so um they are looking to get those signs up as soon as possible. So um I would support the chair's recommendation um to move the recommendation to committee and I'll be supporting it this evening. Thank you, Mr. President.
>> Any further discussion on the motion to approve the blade sign as long as it follows the rules? Any discussion? All those in favor? Opposed? The blade sign is approved and the vote is 90 with one abstension. Any other reports of committees?
Council >> Roby [laughter] on the building. >> Motion's made and second to suspend the rules. All those in favor of the suspension opposed. Suspension carries. Votes 10. Councelor Roby and >> I didn't have my microphone on. I apologize to the people in the other
room. [clears throat] So at the beginning of meetings uh the of the richer school building committee it was decided to set up separate working group to meet and discuss details that would go to the full committee for information on a vote
on what was appropriate. So I brought you a couple of reports on what's been happening. The project is currently in module four of the MSBA's project scope with nine in total. Module four is schematic design
where the district develops a final design program and robust schematic design of sufficient detail to establish the scope, budget and schedule for the project. Last week, the working group was presented with this information and
at the upcoming full building committee meeting this coming Thursday, there will be a vote of endorsement for the schematic design. The next step will be for the school committee to endorse the recommendation. That endorsement with all the paperwork
will then go to MSBA board of directors for their consideration. Approval of this module is necessary before we can enter into the next step, module five, which is funding the project. During that module, the district will document
the actual project scope, budget, schedule, and MSBA's contribution. And once that goes to MSBA board of directors for their approval if funding is approved by the council, a project funding agreement is done. So, I wanted
you to be aware of the school committee meeting on April 14th where Vertex, the owner's project manager, and Lamaro Pagano Associates LPA, the architects, will make a presentation including slides of the building site, the
building design, and some of the interior as well as some funding estimates. There had been discussion on providing this information to the city council, but it was decided that once we are in module five, there will be a more
formal request of the council for the funding via a bond and a presentation will be given at that point. So you can listen um live or you can watch the recording of the April 14th meeting to
hear where we are at the status. It's exciting at this point to see what the architects have come up with and their ability to change what can be shown on the visual so that you can really see what this building's going to look at. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Council Ruby. She'll say exciting, I'll say expensive. So just be prepared. There's going to be a bond coming the council's way in the order of $168ish million dollars uh sometime in the next two months about. So just be prepared
that that's coming and it'll probably go to committee and then get the presentation but uh you can get a teaser if you watch the school committee meeting on April 14th. Any other reports of committees? Councelor Irish. >> Thank you spread. uh public service announcement. Uh finance committee will
be meeting on April 13th, 2026. Uh looking at 700 p.m. Thank you, Mr. President. >> Anyone else? Mr. Council, >> the personnel committee will meet after the finance committee. Uh I don't want to set a time, but somewhere in that 8 to 8:30 time period.
>> Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. >> Well, maybe if the finance committee moves fast, it will be >> We'll work on that time. Start time. [laughter] >> Okay. I don't want to push the finance committee chair. Thank you, Mr. President. >> Thank you, councelor Horum. Any other one? Anyone else? Councelor Vital.
>> Thank you, Mr. President. As many of you know that uh councelor Sergeant now has turned into a lieutenant commander sergeant. Uh the veterans committee uh community here in Marbor will be losing a a stoneman uh in many ways. uh whether it's the veterans council, whether it's
uh the veterans uh gravestones that are in all the all the cemeteries, there'll be a big void in our in our city um when it comes to veterans and and their affairs uh with counselor uh sergeant going active duty. And I ask everyone here and everyone in the city of Marble
to pray for in this turbulent times in this crazy world to pray for uh councelor Sergeant Commander Sergeant and uh all those who serve. Thank you, Mr. President. >> Thank you, Council Vital. Agenda item 16.
Sorry. Order number 26-1009639A. Proposed salary ordinance amendment pursuant to chapter 125 personnel section 6 salary schedule relative to the position of city solicitor. Recommendation of the finance committee is to approve and the ordinance was properly advertised and the 10day requirement has been met.
>> Councelor Irish. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Move the recommendation of committee to approve. Please. >> Motion made second to move the recommendation of the committee which is to approve the salary ordinance. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all those in favor? Opposed. Salary ordinance is approved and the vote is 100. Agenda item 17.
>> Order number 26-100 9640A. Proposed salary ordinance amendment pursuant to chapter 125 personnel section 6 salary schedule relative to the position of assistant fire chief. Recommendation of the finance committee is to approve. And again, this ordinance was properly advertised and the 10-day requirement has been met. >> Council Irish.
>> Thank you, Mr. President. Uh, move the recommendation of committee to approve, please. Motion made and seconded to remove the recommendation committee which is to approve. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all those in favor opposed. The salary ordinance for the assistant fire chiefs is approved and the vote is 100. Agenda item 18.
>> Order number 26-100 9670. Resolution from councelor vital regarding municipal budget. Recommendation of the finance committee is to withdraw. >> Councelor Irish. >> Thank uh motion to accept and place on file. Please. >> Motion made second to accept and place on file. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all those in favor?
Opposed? The item is filed and the vote is 100. Councelor Fill. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Move to adjurnn. >> Motion made and seconded to adjourn. Any There is no discussion. All those in favor of adjourning? Opposed? We are adjourned at He turned the clock. Gosh
darn it. >> 9:22. We are adjourned at 9:22. Have a good evening everyone. Thank you.